the marlowe bookshelf
For my friends who kept asking me for a children's book list...
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Dicken's Christmas Carol
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Dickens' A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens illustrated by Charles Ropp 1961 The classic Christmas story in picture book form ...
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Nutcracker
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The original Nutcracker story by E.T.A. Hoffmann. Maurice Sendak designed the sets and costumes for a ballet production and the pictures in...
Hilary Knight's The Twelve Days of Christmas
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Once again Hilary Knight's illustrations make the most engaging book. The 12 days of Christmas told through a couple of bears and a lar...
Monday, December 20, 2010
The Baby in the Manger
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A poem of the nativity by Isabel Byrum with beautiful vintage illustrations by Margaret Evans Price. Don't be surprised if some of thes...
The Wild Christmas Reindeer
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The Wild Christmas Reindeer Jan Brett 1998 Another offering from Jan Brett . More Nordic inspired illustrations and a story about o...
The Twelve Days of Christmas a Christmas Carol
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This is a Little Golden Book illustrated by Sheilah Beckett. The costumes and the black-haired girl remind me of Olivia Hussey in Franco Ze...
Twas the Night Before Christmas- Jessie Willcox Smith
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Here is another reproduction of the poem with Jessie Willcox Smith's beautiful pictures. Our copy is a rather small paperback. I would...
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